A 23-year-old instructor was kidnapped from his classroom and married off at gunpoint in Bihar’s Vaishali district, solely per week after the Patna Excessive Courtroom declared ‘pakarua vivah’ (compelled marriage) null and illegal, information company IANS reported. Gautam Kumar, a instructor on the Authorities Center faculty in Repura, Patepur block, Vaishali district, was kidnapped from his classroom on Wednesday at gunpoint by a man referred to as Rajesh Rai and his employed henchmen.
Gauram Kumar Rai, the sufferer, had not too long ago accomplished the Bihar Public Service Fee Examination (BPSC) and had been recruited as a instructor at a authorities center faculty in Repura village, which is a part of the Patepur police station within the district.
On Wednesday afternoon, he was inside the varsity when 5 to 6 armed males entered in an SUV, kidnapped him at gunpoint, transported him to an unknown location, and compelled him to marry Chandni Kumari, Rajesh Rai’s daughter.
He was compelled to marry Chandani Kumari, the daughter of Rajesh Rai, who owns a brick kiln close to the Patepur block headquarters.
Rajendra Rai, the sufferer’s grandpa, filed a grievance with the Patepur police station in connection along with his grandson’s kidnapping the New Indian Specific reported. The incident was additionally reported to the police by the principal of the varsity the place Gautam works. The sufferer’s grandpa has accused 5 Repura village residents — Rajesh Rai, Bhushan Rai, Binod Rai, Dabloo Rai, and Pramod Rai — of kidnapping Gautam in an SUV at gunpoint.
Gautam’s relations, backed by native residents, protested his kidnapping and requested that he be launched. Because of the highway blockage, visitors was halted for a number of hours.
A police crew invaded Rajesh Rai’s residence on Thursday and freed the trainer.
The police, in line with Patepur station home officer (SHO), saved the trainer. “He shall be produced within the court docket to get his assertion recorded beneath part 164 of CrPC,” he was quoted by The New Indian Specific in its report.
Whereas listening to a case on behalf of Ravi Kant, a military constable, a division bench of Justice P B Bajanthri and Justice Arun Kumar Jha pronounced ‘pakarua vivah’ null and void final week.